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Welcome to my Polish blog! My Polish great grandpa was orphaned during the Chicago flu epidemic of 1918 & spent his life looking for all of his siblings. Some family stayed in Chicago & some returned to Poland. Some family was Catholic, & some are believed to be Jewish. I post the things I learn in efforts it may help someone else in their research. I also hope this blog helps me connect with others that know about the people I'm learning about. Digital images of records or links are put inside most postings so you can view records full screen. I encourage comments. Feel free to sign the guestbook, stating who you're looking for. Maybe we can all help each other out this way, because there are many challenges with Polish research. I hope you enjoy learning with me. And I hope to be taught more about my Polish heritage.I have added a few languages to this blog through Google translate. I hope that it may be accurate enough with the communication of ideas. Thanks! -Julie

I am not sure who Joe Gonkie is. I think it is spelled Gonkie, that's what the handwriting looks like to me. See the Capital picture above with writing on the front, that I titled "Joe Gonkie-Wisconsin Capital 2 Sep 1928". I just have these few pictures. It looks like Paul took a trip with some friends. My guess would be the other two people in the picture with Paul and Joe are Joe's family. But the picture was not labeled. Paul Sanetra was 23 years old in these pictures. This was the time period in between leaving the family that raised him until he married. Click on pictures to view full screen.